Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads with 20.4% higher average benchmark score. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is available on 2 providers. Overall, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp was introduced as an experimental release, designed to test new architectural innovations and training methodologies. Built to explore the boundaries of mixture-of-experts design, it serves as a research preview for techniques that may be incorporated into future stable releases.
Mistral AI
Magistral Small was created as an efficient reasoning-focused variant, designed to bring analytical capabilities to applications with tighter resource constraints. Built to balance problem-solving depth with practical deployment needs, it extends reasoning-enhanced AI to broader use cases.
3 months newer

Magistral Small 2506
Mistral AI
2025-06-10

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
DeepSeek
2025-09-29
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

Magistral Small 2506
Magistral Small 2506
2025-06-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
Novita
ZeroEval

Magistral Small 2506

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

Magistral Small 2506

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

Magistral Small 2506